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WP’s Andre Low and Eileen Chong to enter Parliament as NCMPs
WP's Andre Low and Eileen Chong have been declared elected as NCMPs.PHOTOS: WORKERS’ PARTY
Ng Wei Kai
UPDATED May 19, 2025, 06:21 PM
SINGAPORE – WP’s Andre Low and Eileen Chong will take up Non-Constituency MP seats in the 15th term of Parliament, bringing the total number of WP MPs to 12.
In a statement on May 19, the Elections Department (ELD) said returning officer Han Kok Juan has declared the pair elected as NCMPs.
Mr Low, 33, had contested in Jalan Kayu SMC at the 2025 General Election and received the highest percentage of votes amongst opposition candidates who did not win, getting 48.53 per cent of vote against labour chief Ng Chee Meng.
The WP nominated Ms Chong, 33, to take the remaining NCMP seat.
She was part of its Tampines GRC team which was the second closest opposition slate, getting 47.37 per cent of the vote in a four-cornered contest that the PAP won.
Mr Han wrote to the WP’s Tampines team on May 9 and asked the group to determine amongst themselves by May 19, 2025, the candidate to be declared elected as NCMP, the ELD said.
The group informed him on May 18 of their decision to nominate Ms Chong, it added.
The WP”s Tampines team comprised former Aljunied GRC MP Faisal Manap, along with Ms Chong and three other political newcomers - Ong Lue Ping, Jimmy Tan and Michael Thng.
They faced a PAP team that comprised Social and Family Development Minister Masagos Zulkifli, Senior Minister of State Koh Poh Koon, Senior Parliamentary Secretary Baey Yam Keng and newcomers David Neo and Charlene Chen.
The NCMP scheme, introduced in 1984, guarantees a minimum of 12 opposition MPs in Parliament.
As there are 10 elected opposition MPs in the 2025 election, two unelected candidates from opposition parties will be NCMPs.
The WP had retained its seats in Aljunied GRC, Sengkang GRC and Hougang SMC in the general election.
- Ng Wei Kai is a journalist at The Straits Times, where he covers politics. He writes Unpacked, a weekly newsletter on Singapore politics and policy.
